PT-2024-37363 · WordPress · Registration Forms

Lucio Sá · Published 2024-07-09 · Updated 2024-07-09 · CVE-2024-6069

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: The Registration Forms – User Registration Forms, Invitation-Based Registrations, Front-end User Profile, Login Form & Content Restriction plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.8.3.4

Description: The issue allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to install, activate, and deactivate arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks on the pieregister install addon, pieregister activate addon, and pieregister deactivate addon functions. This could lead to code execution on the targeted server.

Recommendations: For versions up to, and including, 3.8.3.4, consider disabling the pieregister install addon, pieregister activate addon, and pieregister deactivate addon functions until a patch is available to prevent unauthorized plugin installation and activation/deactivation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-6069

Affected Products

Registration Forms

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6069 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1810698079420518723 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b946ee73-4cf9-48c8-b456-285b118c6b05?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1810630317872427446 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pie-register/tags/3.8.3.4/pie-register.php#L761 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pie-register/tags/3.8.3.4/pie-register.php#L727 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pie-register/tags/3.8.3.4/pie-register.php#L794 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3116424 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1810597538468421890 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/278 · Telegram Post